WEBVTT CHRISTOPHER: NO INJURIES WEREREPORTED.NEW YEARS EVE FESTIVITIES ARECURRENTLY UNDERWAY AS THECOUNTDOWN TO 2018 HAS OFFICIALLYBEGUN.WE HAVE COVERAGE BEGINNING WITHSIERRA STARKS, LIVE IN MONTEREY.SHE HAS A LOOK AT HOW SOMEPEOPLE ON THE CENTRAL COAST ARECELEBRATING.SIERRA: HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE,CHRISTOPHER.FIRST NIGHT FESTIVITIES AREUNDERWAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, ANDHISTORIC DOWNTOWN MONTEREY.30 MINUTES AGO THERE WAS APARADE BEHIND ME ON OUR DORADOSTREET.IT JUST GOT UNDERWAY ABOUT HALFAN HOUR AGO.THIS IS MONTEREY'S BIG COMMUNITYNEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY.THIS YEAR IS PRETTY SPECIAL,BECAUSE THEY'RE MARKING 25YEARS. THOSE TALKED, SO FUN.-- THOSE POPS, SO FUN.IT WAS THE KIDDOS WHO MADE THEIROWN FIREWORKS IN FRONT OF COLTONHALL EARLIER TODAY TO KICK OFFTHE CELEBRATION.FROM 3:00 P.M. TO MIDNIGHTNINE HOURS, HISTORIC DOWNTOWNMONTEREY WILL BE FILLED WITHSONG, DANCE, DRUMMING, AND MORE,ALL PUT ON BY LOCAL ARTISTS ANDARTISANS, AND MADE POSSIBLE WITHTHE HELP OF LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.AND PARENTS WE TALKED TO SAIDTHEY'RE HAPPY THERE'S SOME PLACEON THE PENNINSULA GEARED MORTOWARD FAMILY FUN FOR BRINGINGIN THE NEW YEAR.>> WE ARE HERE FOR THE EARLYSTUFF, KID STUFF, AND THEN WEARE PROBABLY GOING TO THE PARADEAND HEAD HOME.IT IS THE PERFECT THING FOR HIM.>> I GREW UP IN SANTA CRUZ, ANDITS ALL VERY ADULT ORIENTED, SOTHERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT TO DOWITH THE LITTLE KIDS. SO THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO HAVETHE KIDS COME OUT, SEE THEPARADE, SOMETHING FUN, HAVE AGOOD TIME, AND JUST ENJOY THENEW YEAR. SIERRA: TONIGHT'S CELEBRATIONDOES RUN UNTIL MIDNIGHT.I FEEL LITTLE UNDERDRESSED.EVERYBODY HAS THEIR HAPPY NEWYEAR HATS, THINGS LIKE THAT.HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TIME I SEEYOU AT 11:00 TONIGHT I CANHOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GARB ON.CHRISTOPHER: I WILL HOLD YOU TOTHAT.GO HAVE SOME GOOD FAMILY FUN.REGARDING FUNDING FOR FIRSTNIGHT MONTEREY, ORGANIZERS SAYTHE CITY CUT ITS BUDGET IN HALF